Anna Wintour makes Twitter debut

Anna Wintour receving the Legion of Honor medal at the Élysée Palace in Paris Photo: AFP

On Twitter, Anna Wintour is notable by her absence. Her British and Italian counterparts, Alexandra Shulman and Franca Sozzani, both willingly spout 140 characters of Vogue-ness on a near-daily basis, while many of the big names within her US Vogue workforce - such as Meredith Melling Burke - offer insights into their fashionable lives, but there's been no sign of Wintour. Ever.

Until yesterday, that is, when the US's Defense of Marriage Act was ruled to be unconstitutional.

"Today's rulings are a big step forward for all Americans striving to achieve equality. I couldn't be happier or more proud - A.W.," tweeted Wintour via the official
US Vogue Twitter account
.

The 23-word comment garnered a huge 423 retweets and 193 favourites from followers.

Seeing as it took an historic Supreme Court ruling to get Wintour onto the micro-blogging site, it's safe to say we probably won't hear from her again anytime soon, and we can assume she won't be opening her own account (we'd go for @annawintourcominatya) and posting pictures of her fave new purchases or meals either. Shame.